Terms of use

1. Ownership and Operation

This Website belongs to Hindustan Unilever Limited ("Unilever" or "we"), which is a member of the Unilever group of companies. Unilever may, in its sole discretion and at any time, modify, suspend or discontinue this Website or specific portions of it.

 

2. Agreement to Be Bound; Termination

Your access to and use of this Website constitutes your agreement with Unilever to be bound by, and to act in accordance with, these Terms of Use. From time to time, Unilever may make available as part of this Website or through another platform, specific features that may require you to download content, software and/or agree to additional terms and conditions, policies and disclaimers. Unless otherwise expressly set forth in such additional terms and conditions, any additional terms or conditions are incorporated by reference into these Terms of Use. If there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and any additional terms and conditions, the additional terms and conditions will control with respect to the specific feature.

 

You may terminate your use of this Website at any time. Unilever may suspend, discontinue or terminate your access to or use of this Website at any time immediately and without prior notice or obligation to you (i) if you violate any of the terms contained in this Terms of Use as determined by Unilever in its sole discretion, or (ii) for any other reason in Unilever's sole discretion. Unilever may notify you of any such suspension, discontinuance or termination by posting a notice on this Website, on any webpage opened when using this Website, by email to an email address you provided to Unilever upon enrollment or thereafter, or otherwise. Upon your receipt of such notice, you will immediately discontinue use of this Website during the period of suspension (for a suspension) or permanently (for a discontinuance or termination). Upon any discontinuance or termination of your use of this Website, you must uninstall any Software downloaded from this Website and promptly destroy all Materials (as defined below) obtained through this Website, as well as any copies of such Materials. You agree that Unilever shall not be liable to you for any suspension, discontinuance, termination, change or modification of your use of or access to this Website.

 

3. Continuing Agreement

We may change or revise these Terms of Use from time to time by updating this posting, so please visit this area each time you visit the Website to keep up to date with the current terms regarding your use of the Website. . To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, your use of the Website reaffirms your continuing agreement to the then-current Terms of Use.

 

4. Ownership and Use of the Website and Site Materials

All ownership rights and title in and to this Website, including all text, designs, images, videos, graphics, Software and other content and materials on the Website (collectively, "Materials"), are owned by Unilever and its licensors. Unilever also owns or has a valid right to use all trademarks, Website marks, logos, and trade names used on this Website (collectively, "Trademarks").

 

Website

No part of the Website may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, distributed, stored or incorporated into any information retrieval system in any way, except that you may download one copy for your personal, non-commercial home use only, provided you keep intact all copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices on the materials. In addition, you may not rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or transfer this Website or any portion thereof.

 

You may not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this Website or any portion thereof and you may not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large burden on this Website, as determined by Unilever in its sole discretion.

 

Any modification of the Materials or use of the Materials for any other purpose is a violation of Unilever's copyright and other proprietary rights. The use of any such Materials on any other Website or computer network without Unilever's written consent is strictly prohibited. Your use of the Trademarks in any manner other than as authorized in these Terms of Use, or as authorized in writing by Unilever, is strictly prohibited. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by Unilever.

 

5. Downloaded Software

From time to time Unilever may make available as part of the Materials on this Website particular software including files, images and data relating to the software (the "Software"). You do not own the downloaded software, and Unilever does not transfer ownership of the Software to you. Unilever retains full ownership of and title to the downloaded Software and all intellectual property rights related to the Software. You may not redistribute, sell, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-perceivable form. If you download Software from this Website, you represent and warrant to Unilever that you are not acting in violation of those laws.

 

6. Mobile Devices

If permitted or available through the Website, to (a) upload content to the Website via your mobile device and/or tablet, (b) receive and reply to messages, or to access or make posts using text messaging, (c) browse the Website from your mobile device and/or (d) to access certain features through a mobile application you have downloaded and installed on your mobile device (collectively the "Mobile Websites"), you must have a mobile communications subscription (or have the consent of the applicable subscriber) with a participating carrier or otherwise have access to a mobile communications network for which Unilever makes the Website available as well as any carrier services necessary to download content, and pay any service fees associated with any such access (including text messaging charges for each text message you send and receive on your mobile device). In addition, you must provide all equipment and software necessary to connect to the Website, including, but not limited to, if the Website contains a mobile element, a mobile hand set or other mobile access device that is in working order and suitable for use in connection with the Website. You are responsible for ensuring that your equipment and/or software does not disturb or interfere with operations or the Website. Any equipment or software causing interference will be immediately disconnected from the Website and Unilever will have the right to immediately terminate this Agreement. If any upgrade in or to the Website requires changes in your equipment or software (including the operating system for your Device), you must effect these changes at your own expense. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new or additional features that augment or enhance the current Website, including the release of new products and services, will be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

7. Privacy

For information on how Unilever uses and protects the personal information you may provide on this Website, please read the Hindustan Unilever Limited Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms of Use and explains Unilever's privacy practices. By using the Website, you agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy.

 

8. User Code of Conduct

 In using or accessing this Website, you agree, without limitation:

 

not to use this Website in breach of these Terms of Use;

not to use this Website for commercial purposes;

not to "spam" others or "phish" for others' personal information;

not to disrupt or interfere with the security of, or otherwise abuse, this Website, or any part this Website;

not to upload, post or otherwise transmit through or on this Website any viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files;

not to use, frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any part of this Website without Unilever's express prior written consent;

not to use meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing any Trademark without Unilever's express written consent;

not to "deeplink" to this Website without Unilever's express prior written consent;

not to create or use a false identity on this Website;

not to collect or store personal data about others;

not to attempt to obtain unauthorized access to this Website or portions of this Website that are restricted from general access;

not to transmit to another Website user any material that is false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, violates any third party proprietary rights, or is in violation of any law or regulation;

not to post any copyrighted (or other proprietary) material unless the copyright (or other proprietary right) is owned by you or you have the right to do so;

not to use the features of this Website at any web site other than a merchant, retail or social networking web site as permitted under these Terms of Use. Such restricted web sites shall include, without limitation, blogs and other online publications; and

not to use this Website in breach of any Third Party Site's terms and conditions.

In addition, you agree that you will comply with all applicable local, state, national and international laws, regulations and other legal requirements that relate to your use of or activities in connection with this Website. You also agree to act consistent with the requirements set forth in these Terms of Use and the requirements of Unilever.

 

You agree to immediately notify Unilever if you suspect illegal, fraudulent or abusive activity, or any activity in violation of these Terms of Use, including any unauthorized access to your Account. If you so notify Unilever, or we otherwise suspects such activity, you agree to cooperate with Unilever in any investigation and to use any prevention measures we prescribes.

 

9. User Submissions

Certain portions of the Website may permit you to post, transmit or upload content created by you ("User Submissions"), which may include, without limitation, information, text, images, graphics, video, comments, suggestions, ideas (including product and advertising ideas), posts to blogs, social networks, or a Unilever-hosted discussion forum, and communications with other Website users.

 

In connection with User Submissions, you agree that you will not submit User Submissions that:

 

include material that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights (including, without limitation, trademark, privacy and publicity rights) unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant the rights granted herein;

include any material that by itself or by its use as permitted in these Terms of Use, infringes upon or violates the rights of any person or entity or any applicable laws;

are unlawful, obscene, defamatory, libelous, threatening, pornographic, harassing, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, violate any law or is otherwise inappropriate;

contain advertisements or solicitations of any funds, goods or services;

is a communication by a user impersonating another user;

contains personal information, such as messages which identify telephone numbers, social security numbers, accounts numbers or addresses; or

could be considered bulk unsolicited communications.

By submitting, transmitting, posting, uploading, modifying or otherwise providing any User Submissions to Unilever through this Website, whether solicited or unsolicited, you agree that you are granting Unilever a royalty-free, fully paid, non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, unrestricted, worldwide license to publish, transmit, perform, display, create derivative works from and otherwise use such User Submissions for any purpose, including, without limitation, advertising and promotional purposes, in any media, now or hereafter known, even if these Terms of Use are later modified or terminated.No credit, approval or compensation is due to you for any such use of User Submissions you may submit. Unilever also has the right, but not the obligation, to use your username (and real name, image, likeness or other identifying information, if provided in connection with User Submissions), city and state in connection with broadcast, print, online or other use or publication of your User Submissions. All User Submissions become the unrestricted licensed property of Unilever. By posting or transmitting User Submissions through or to the Website, you authorize Unilever to make such copies thereof and retain such User Submissions as Unilever deems necessary to facilitate the posting or storage of the User Submission with Unilever.

 

You represent and warrant that neither the User Submissions, nor the use of the User Submissions as permitted in these Terms of Use, will infringe upon or violate the rights of any person or entity or any applicable laws. All User Submissions must comply with the User Code of Conduct set forth above.

 

Unilever reserves the absolute right to to review or monitor User Submissions in its sole discretion. In addition, Unilever reserves the right to alter, edit, refuse to post or remove any User Submissions, in whole or in part, for any reason or for no reason. Unilever also reserves the right to terminate your Account if you violate any of these Terms of Use or our policies, as determined in our sole discretion. You agree that Unilever does not have any obligation to use or respond to any User Submissions. Unilever has no control over whether such User Submissions are of a nature that you might find offensive, distasteful or otherwise unacceptable and, accordingly, Unilever expressly disclaims any responsibility for User Submissions.

 

If you are aware of any User Submissions on this Website which violate these Terms of Use, please contact us at , or by calling , or writing to us at Unilever Consumer Services at 

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